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Cry Cry Cry Wha Wha Wha

cry cry cry
wha wha wha
I smile.

cry cry cry
wha wha wha
I laugh

I receive the pouty face now. I smile.
Stomp stomp stomp
Slam

I am relieved.
I listen to this stuff all day and I get paid for it.
Real money.  From children who need extra attention.


He knows I am done when I get home.
I simply cannot stand one more whine. Anyway, he should know.
He has been married to  me for forty-seven years.

Copyright © Caren Krutsinger | Year Posted 2019

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Gershon Wolf Date: 1/26/2019 9:56:00 PM Ha, ha! Not only do I love what you did with this one, but I can totally relate---and that's why I stopped whining within a few days of getting married. You (and my wife, of course) certainly deserve better! Best wishes, Gershon Login to Reply Caren Krutsinger Date: 1/26/2019 10:33:00 PM You stopped whining in a few days! What? How in the world did you train yourself to do THAT? Write the book and I will be buying the first copy and maybe all the rest of them too.

Silent One Date: 1/26/2019 9:25:00 AM that sounds like an awesome job, shame about the parents.. I bet you face a lot of dilemmas in your job... Login to Reply Caren Krutsinger Date: 1/26/2019 6:07:00 PM I have to say what Oprah said was the best thing. "When you know better, you do better." My principal made me do parent workshops once to help parents be better parents. I looked out into the audience and BURST out laughing. "I cannot teach any of you anything," I told them. "You are all of our best parents." I made them do kid activities I make their children do and they were exhausted at the end. I loved every second of that, but it was my only one.

M. L. Kiser Date: 1/26/2019 9:12:00 AM I almost accidentally spit out my coffee when I read that last line, Login to Reply Caren Krutsinger Date: 1/26/2019 6:08:00 PM M.L., I am a bit disappointed. Knowing me as well as you do, I figured you had already figured out the punchline. Score! I am laughing that I fooled you!

Silent One Date: 1/26/2019 7:11:00 AM Oh you must be a school teacher... guess your husband is used to it.. Login to Reply Caren Krutsinger Date: 1/26/2019 8:15:00 AM I am an elementary school counselor, so the whining and crying all comes my way. I teach character skills and coping strategies and how to have friends. Unfortunately, the arm of Geddon would come down on me if I taught them that they simply have parents who are angry and mean, and it is not their fault.

Kim Rodrigues Date: 1/25/2019 5:05:00 PM Yup! They get the look too...warning warning...don’t approach, run until the beast has changed her clothes, gotten a snack (for herself) and turned back into a wife. Login to Reply

Kim Rodrigues Date: 1/25/2019 5:02:00 PM Yup! They get the look too...warning warning...don’t approach, run until the beast has changed her clothes, gotten a snack (for herself) and turned back into a wife. Login to Reply Caren Krutsinger Date: 1/25/2019 5:03:00 PM My husband just looks at my face some mornings and runs screaming from the kitchen. It happens sometimes in the afternoons too when I come back home.

Connie Marcum Wong Date: 1/25/2019 4:35:00 PM A union to be very proud of Caren! : ) Login to Reply Caren Krutsinger Date: 1/25/2019 5:04:00 PM Thank you Connie. I forgot to tell you I dated him 4 years before I married him, so we have been good friends for 51 years which is odd when you realize I HATED him after he told our 1st grade teacher he was going to MARRY me. I really really really really was MAD about THAT!